Nurse Quality

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Round Rock, Texas 78665 com

Carol S. Zoellner, R.N., CNOR

Objective OR Nurse Management, Quality Management

Education 1980 - 1982 State University of New York Canton, New York

Nursing/ Associate Degree/ AASN

Recruited to Methodist Hospital Lubbock, Texas during Senior year

Post Basic Operating Room Nursing & Skills Lab 65 contact hours

Minneapolis Community College, Minneapolis, MN

Laser Nurse Specialist Class

Ravenswood Hospital Medical Center/ Laser Consultants, Inc., Chicago, IL

Graduate of Lauterstein-Conway School of Massage 2001

Professional Staff Nurse: 1982 - 1984 Methodist Hospital Lubbock, TX

Experience CCU & ICU relief charge nurse, RN student advisor. Telemetry Med/Surg

unit, relief charge nurse, RN Student Advisor, taught inservices in both

units consisting of technical updates, floated to SICU & chemotherapy

floors.

1984-1985,1987-1990 St. Joseph's Hospital/Healtheast St. Paul, MN

CCU & ICU relief charge nurse, developed open heart family teaching

program, Critical Care Float Pool [PACU, CCU, ICU, & ER]. Staff nurse

in O.R., PACU, and Vascular Thoracic service leader. Scrub, assist, &

circulate all cases, Relief Charge Nurse, Laser Nurse Specialist, Quality

initiatives, Preceptor for R.N.s & Technicians, BCLS Instructor

1985 - 1987 Little Company of Mary Hospital Torrance, Ca

scrub & circulate, Plastics Service Leader

1990 - 1991 Seton Medical Center [SMC] Austin, TX

Circulate most cases with specialty in ENT/Open Heart, & Laser, scrub prn,

BLS Instructor

1991-1993 O.R./PACU PRN @ Georgetown, Round Rock Hospitals, & SMC

1991 - 1993 scrub, assist, & circulate all cases. Started Laser program

at Georgetown Hospital

1993-1997 Georgetown Hospital Georgetown, TX

Surgical Services Director

Manage delivery of safe and effective patient care in ORs, PACU, &

Endoscopy, 20+ professional & ancillary staff members, coordinate OR

schedule with Anesthesiologists, Quality standards TDH & JC

Coordinate schedule & equipment for OR, PACU, pre-op holding, hospital

wide sterilization of supplies & instruments, surgical & anesthesia

supplies, staff education, instructor/teaching member of PI/Quality Team

Coordinate OR Schedule for 8 specialties, staff, & on call, budget,

recruitment, develop professional & support staff, evaluations, scrub,

assist, & circulate service areas as needed.

Responsible for additional overall management of Ambulatory Care Unit in

absence of Administrator.

Develop and implement policies and new procedures, monitor compliance,

coordinate risk management for area, directed activities relative to 2

successful JCAHO & random TDH surveys, developed current O.R./PACU

charging system, active member of Infection Control & EOC/Safety

Committee.

1997- 1998: O.R. Charge Nurse:

Oriented new director & assisted with changeover & assisted with staffing,

Budget coordination, policies, competencies

Staff Education,, BLS, Scrub/assist/ circulate all surgical procedures

1998 - 2002: O.R. Staff Nurse

Scrub, assist, & circulate all surgical procedures

2001 In Charge of Endoscopy area IV Moderate Sedation, education &

orientation of staff, to assisting the doctors, to monitoring PI/Quality

indicators and Monitoring Steris Processing of endoscopes.

11/2002-10/2005 Seton Healthcare System/Ascension Health Austin, Texas

Surgical Services Clinician- Direct 2 ambulatory surgery sites 18 miles

apart. Responsible for staffing, education, budget, marketing, managing

staff & services for both sites.

Assist with administrative duties over both sites; scrubbing & circulating

cases; Responsible for Quality /IC/EOC/Safety Committee

Opened second ambulatory surgery site & prepared for surveys [TDH & JCAHO]

with no deficiencies

Coordinated staffing, scheduling, assist with pharmacy duties & anesthesia

coverage for surgical cases

10/2005- 5/07 Hill Country Surgery Center/United Surgical Partners

International/

Cedar Park, Texas [Multispecialty Ambulatory Care Center]

Surgical Services Director single site conversion as joint venture with

physicians [50%], Seton Heathcare [25%], and USPI [25%].

Coordinate & manage: supply & instrument orders, budget for staff &

supplies, Anesthesia & OR Staffing, successful JC, Medicare, & TDH

Surveys for OR & Pharmacy; Quality /IC/EOC/Safety Committees

Certified in TX to run OEC C-Arm

5/07 - 3/2011 Fletcher Allen Health Care

Burlington, VT

OR Nurse Educator: Manage MCHV, FAH, & Surgical Procedures

Education, manage AORN Periop 101 Online class, assist with policies, BLS

Instructor, orient new staff, travelers, physician, med students, PAs,

member FAHC & OR Education Council, JC rounds multiple sites, assisted

educators developing JC Booklet for FAHC; interim OR NM 24 ORs.

3/2011- present Williamson Surgery Center [USPI] Round Rock, TX

Director: Develop, coordinate, & manage Perioperative staff for new joint

venture for multispecialty ambulatory surgery center. Quality, Q-Net,

IC/IP, marketing, additional administrative duties, staffing, sterile

processing, management

Member AORN 1985-present

CNOR 1993-present

Texas RN License Current

BLS, PALS & ACLS current

Active RN to MSN program in Leadership & Administration

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